Bio

Justin Jennings grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While working on his undergraduate degree in anthropology and archaeology, he excavated briefly in Greece at the Athenian Agora, but later turned his research focus to Peruvian archaeology during graduate school, where his interests continue to this day.

His current research centers on early state expansion and the spread of cultural horizons in the Ancient Andes, and he has published on heritage tourism, ritual change, and the ancient uses of alcohol. Over the last fifteen years, the focus of his fieldwork has been on the impact of the Wari (AD 600 - 1000) and Inca (AD 1430 - 1532) states in the Cotahuasi, Majes, and Siguas Valleys of southern Peru. His most recent books include Globalizations and the Ancient World (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and Beyond Wari Walls (University of New Mexico Press, 2010).

Recent Publications (last ten years)

Books

2014, Justin Jennings and Willy Yépez Álvarez (Eds.). Tenahaha and the Wari State: A View of the Middle Horizon from the Cotahuasi Valley. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa (accepted for publication).

2003, Justin Jennings and Willy Yépez Álvarez. Architecture, Local Elites, and Imperial Entanglements: The Impact of the Wari Empire on the Cotahuasi Valley of Peru. Journal of Field Archaeology, 28(1/2): 143-159.

Book Chapters

2014, Justin Jennings. A Glass for the Gods and a Gift to my Neighbor: the importance of alcohol in the Pre-Columbian Andes. In From Aguardente to Zambumbia. A Social and Cultural History of Alcohol in Latin America, edited by Gretchen Pierce and Aurea Toxqui. University of Arizona Press, Tucson (accepted for publication).

2014, Justin Jennings and Willy Yépez Álvarez. Understanding Middle Horizon Peru. In Tenahaha and the Wari State: A View of the Middle Horizon from the Cotahuasi Valley, edited by Justin Jennings and Willy Yépez Álvarez. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa (accepted for publication).

2014, Justin Jennings. The Cotahuasi Valley during the Middle Horizon. In Tenahaha and the Wari State: A View of the Middle Horizon from the Cotahuasi Valley, edited by Justin Jennings and Willy Yépez Álvarez. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa (accepted for publication).

2014, Justin Jennings. Tenahaha, Wari, and Middle Horizon Peru. In Tenahaha and the Wari State: A View of the Middle Horizon from the Cotahuasi Valley, edited by Justin Jennings and Willy Yépez Álvarez. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa (accepted for publication).

2012, Susan E. Bergh and Justin Jennings. The History of Inquiry into Wari and its Arts. In The Realm of the Condor: Wari, the Art of a Pre-Inca Empire, edited by Susan E. Bergh, pp. 5-27. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

2010, Justin Jennings. Becoming Wari: Globalization and the Role of the Wari State in the Cotahuasi Valley of Southern Peru. In Beyond Wari Walls: Regional Perspectives on Middle Horizon Peru, edited by Justin Jennings, pp. 37-56. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.

2009, Justin Jennings and Brenda Bowser. Drink, Power, and Society: An Introduction. In Drink, Power, and Society in the Andes, edited by Justin Jennings and Brenda Bowser. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, pp. 1-27.